Hebrew edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Semitic *layʾ-at- ~ laʾay-at- (cow), possibly from verbal root *l-ʾ-y "to be strong, mighty". Cognate with Akkadian 𒀖 (lītum, cow) and Arabic لَآة (laʔāh, wild cow).

Pronunciation edit

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Proper noun edit

לֵאָה (Le'a)

  1. Leah (biblical figure)
  2. a female given name, Leah

References edit

  • Astour, Michael C. (1966) Hellenosemitica: An Ethinic and Cultural Study in West Semitic Impact on on Mycenaean Greece, Leiden: E. J. Brill, page 90
  • Kogan, Leonid (2011), “Proto-Semitic Lexicon”, in Weninger, Stefan, editor, The Semitic Languages. An International Handbook (Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft – Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science; 36), Berlin: De Gruyter, →ISBN, page 205

Further reading edit

  לאה on the Hebrew Wikipedia.Wikipedia he

Anagrams edit

Yiddish edit

Etymology edit

From Hebrew לֵאָה.

Proper noun edit

לאה (leyef, diminutive לאהלע (leyele)

  1. Leah (biblical character)
  2. a female given name: Leah